School board, teachers union agree to two-year deal, will send to voters

Tuesday

Jan 21, 2014 at 2:00 AM

HAMPTON — The School Board and the Seacoast Education Association has reached a new two-year contract for the teaching and professional staff in the Hampton School District. The teachers union voted to support the agreement on Jan. 9 and the School Board has also voted unanimously to support the settlement.

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HAMPTON — The School Board and the Seacoast Education Association has reached a new two-year contract for the teaching and professional staff in the Hampton School District. The teachers union voted to support the agreement on Jan. 9 and the School Board has also voted unanimously to support the settlement.

The proposed contract will now go before voters for their approval at the March 11 election.

The approved contract will award teachers within the salary scale one step increase in each of the two years.

Teachers at or off the top of the scale will receive a 1.7 percent cost-of-living adjustment in year one and a 1.9 percent adjustment in year two of the contract.

In addition, the School Board and the teachers agreed to explore compensation based on teacher effectiveness and consider the development of a career ladder approach to teacher leaders. Included in the agreement are a number of items that will bring clarification to degree changes as well as awarding compensation for additional educational credits.

The estimated cost increase is $228,875 in 2014-15 and $238,018 in 2015-16.

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